Uğurtan Sayıner

Born

16 September 1944

Place of birth

Samsun

Died

27 June 2021 (aged 76)

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Uğurtan Sayıner was born on 16 September 1944 in Samsun. He graduated from the faculty of economics and began his artistic life in 1962 with theatre. During his long stage career he performed at the Arena, Gen-Ar and TÖS theatres, at Üç Maymun Kabare and at the İttihat ve Terakki Theatre; he also worked with the troupes of Ercan Yazgan and Bülent Kayabaş.

In cinema he appeared in the films İstanbul 79, Kiracı and Biri ve Diğerleri. On television, the character Sarhoş Cemil, whom he played in the series Bizimkiler, and the line of this character, "Benim adım Cemil!", placed him in the memory of wide audiences. He played Kerim in the series Yazlıkçılar, and in later years he appeared in the films Hiçbiryerde, Küçük Esnaf and Cango.

He died on 27 June 2021 in the Karşıyaka district of Izmir.

Sayıner played Susam in Avşar Film's 2018 film Aşk Bu Mu?.